Counterion-hopping along the backbone of single-stranded DNA in nanometer pores: A mechanism for current conduction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Cui, S T ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DNA; IONIC CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

COUNTERION-HOPPING; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; IONIC CURRENT CONDUCTION; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 33947665136     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.138101     Document Type: Article

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